catullus

1. 1.

   Roman lyric poet remembered for his love poems to an aristocratic Roman woman (84-54 BC)

   SynonymsGaius Valerius Catullus

   Broaderpoet

Other forms of catullus

plural

catulluses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about catullus

What does catullus mean?

catullus means "Roman lyric poet remembered for his love poems to an aristocratic Roman woman (84-54 BC)".

How many syllables are in catullus?

catullus has 3 syllables: ca-tul-lus. The stress falls on "ca".

What is another word for catullus?

Close synonyms include Gaius Valerius Catullus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is catullus a common word?

catullus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.